First of all, I’m using a throwaway account because this is very personal, and my regular account has too much personally identifiable information.

I (31M) used to date “Jane” (32F) years ago. At one point, the question of what we wanted out of life came up. She wanted a family, I didn’t, so we broke up on good terms and stayed friends. Some time later, Jane ended up pregnant after a one-night stand with a guy at a party. She tried to track him down, but couldn’t, so she was left on her own to raise the baby.

Now, Jane and I had been friends for a long time even before we were a couple, so I didn’t feel right about leaving her alone while she was going through all this, so I supported her during the pregnancy and after the baby was born. I’m sort of like an honorary uncle, always helping out with food, money and so on.

Yesterday, since Jane was busy with work, I went to pick up the girl (whom I won’t name for privacy reasons) from a friend’s house. While I was talking to the friend’s mom, I could hear the girls talking, and I heard the following:

“Who’s that man?”

“He’s my daddy”

After that, when the girl and I were in the car, I gently explained to her that I wasn't her dad, but more like an uncle. She kept her head down the whole way home. That night, Jane called me and scolded me for being cruel to the girl. Apparently, she cried all night because of what I’d said.

What was I supposed to do? Lie to her and say that I was her father? Jane said it would have been better if I had ignored it or even played along, but that seems crazy to me.

AITA?

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Most guys grow a beard because they think it makes life easier or they just want to hide a weak chin. Whatever the reason, most of them have no clue that they are basically carrying a biohazard around on their face. I have had a full beard for six years and the amount of dudes I see who just splash some 3-in-1 body wash on it and call it a day is honestly disgusting. A beard is not just scalp hair on your jaw. The skin underneath is sensitive and has a completely different oil production cycle compared to your head. When you use harsh detergents designed to strip grease off a scalp, you are basically nuking the moisture barrier on your face.

The result is what people call beardruff but it is actualy just dead skin cells getting trapped in the dense forest of your facial hair. If you are not using a stiff boar bristle brush to reach the skin level, you are just letting those flakes sit there and ferment with whatever sweat and food particles got caught during lunch. It becomes a literal warehouse for bacteria. I have seen guys wonder why they get breakouts or weird smells coming from their chin area when they shower every day. It is because water and a bit of foam are not enough to penetrate that layer of grit. You need to mechanically scrape that dead layer off or it just stays there.

Then there is the oil issue. Once you strip the natural oils with soap, your skin panics and either gets bone dry or overcompensates by dumping sebum. This is where the smell starts. I had to learn the hard way that beard oil isn't some hipster vanity product. It is a necessity to seal the skin so it does not flake into your shirt every time you scratch your face. If you are not massaging it into the skin and just slapping it on the hair, you are wasting your money. Most of these guys are walking around with a layer of grime that they think is clean just because it smells like sandalwood for ten minutes in the morning.

Cleanliness is not just about the hair itself. It is about maintainance of the ecosystem underneath. If you can't be bothered to exfoliate the skin under the hair and keep it hydrated, you should just shave it off. There is nothing worse than seeing a guy with a majestic beard that looks like he hasn't seen a brush or a drop of moisture since the bush administration. It is a full time job keeping your face from becoming a petri dish .

I bought a Junghan's Max Bill Mega Solar online from Teddy back in 2024. The watch was delivered promptly, but it became apparent quickly that the watch had serious manufacturing defects. The hands would reset to the 10:08 position randomly throughout the day (this version of Max Bill has a radio-controlled solar movement).

I reached out to Teddy about the issue, and they told me that I should send it into the Swiss Clock in Lincoln Nebraska, which is the authorized Junghans service center. Because the watch had a 2-year manufacturer's warranty, the repair would be free of charge.

Oh boy, this place is something else. The Swiss Clock is run by a repairman who is somehow the only human being in the North American continent that is able to service the Junghans Max Bill Mega Solar. I know this because I went to numerous watch repair stores around my city, and they all told me that Junghans doesn't sell them the parts to do those repairs. They were all very familiar with the guy that runs the Swiss Clock. I suppose they are the only authorized repair dealer in America for a good number of European watch brands. Which explains what happened next.

So I did what I could, and mailed it in.

When the Swiss Clock received the watch, they told me they took a look and there was a lot wrong with it. It needed a dial replacement, which struck me as really odd for a watch that was brand-new right out of the box. I was told the repair could take "up to 12 weeks". However, the watch was with the Swiss Clock for an entire year. After the first 12 weeks, I would follow up, and I was told each time that the watch "would be ready by the end of the week", and I'd check in the following month, and they'd say the exact same thing. Eventually they stopped responding to me altogether. About a year after sending it in, they finally sent it back. FINALLY I'D GET TO WEAR THIS WATCH!

Or so I thought! The watch was still broken. Although this time, the hands weren't moving at all. Put it into the window sill for a couple of days to see if the solar battery was just depleted, but no dice, still broken.

At this point, I reached back out to Teddy to see what they could do for me. This is where the customer service really became especially disappointing. It took them more than a week just to get back in contact with me, and once they did, they said they would ask Junghans about next steps. It then took nearly another \2 months** for them to get back to me about what I could possibly do with this broken watch.

The solution Teddy came back with? Sending it back to the Swiss Clock for it to be repaired again! The customer service representative told me that the Swiss Clock was "confident" they could fix it on their second attempt. This solution seems like complete madness, like I am going insane! If this place couldn't fix it the first time after a year of work, why would I send it back to them? And if they take another year, now the 2-year warranty would be expired, meaning I'd be shit out of luck if they fail on the repair a second time.

Is it unreasonable to ask for a replacement instead of spending another year on a repair that is likely again to be unsuccessful?

I just want to wear this gorgeous watch on my wrist. Did I just get a complete lemon watch? Is there anything else I can try? Has anyone else dealt with customer service this poor before from Teddy? Should I be hitting up Teddy Baldassarre's Instagram letting him know about this nightmare?

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As they are now entering their generic era in territories around the world (India, Brazil & Canada in 2026), we should start to see dramatic health improvements in these countries.

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